How to extract month from a Date variable?

Question

 dtNextVisit=cal.getTime();
 out.println(dtNextVisit);

I am not including all code here. This displays "Sun Jan 17 02:53:40 PST 2016" in result because month is January. Now I want to extract and store the month to another variable suppose:

int month=0;

it should display 1.

Use [Calendar.get(int field)](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/Calendar.html#get-int-), like `cal.get(Calendar.MONTH)`. — f_puras, Jan 14 '16 at 11:10
Please search StackOverflow before posting. This topic has already been covered many times. — Basil Bourque, Jan 14 '16 at 18:09

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 14 '16 at 11:11

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Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
int month = cal.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1;

month will have 1

answered Jan 14 '16 at 11:11

Kunal_89

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user388229 · Answer 2 · 2016-01-14T11:25:31.110

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Example:

import java.time.*;
class ABC{
    public static void main(String[] args){
        System.out.println(LocalDate.now().getMonthValue());
    }
}

Edit: I missed up value..

edited Jan 14 '16 at 11:25

answered Jan 14 '16 at 11:15

user388229

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i know all this .. give me some specific code.. to display the month value. – user3099225 Jan 14 '16 at 11:18
doesn't making any sense,, ok... suppose a timestamp ( Sun Jan 17 03:15:05 PST 2016 ) is stored in a variable X. now how extract & display the month value from that ? – user3099225 Jan 14 '16 at 11:28

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 14 '16 at 17:03

If you are searching for string to date king of conversion, Then java.text.SimpleDateFormat is the one you need to be used. using https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html this link you solve anything. Mark it as answer if correct.

public class Test {    
public int getMonth(String dateText) throws ParseException {

   SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss z yyyy");
   Date myday = sdf.parse(dateText);
   System.out.println(myday.getMonth()+1);
   return myday.getMonth() + 1;
}

public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException {  
  String date = "Sun Jan 17 02:53:40 PST 2016";
  new Test().getMonth(date);
}
}

Also title should be modified as [How to extract month from a Date text?] — Sanka, Jan 14 '16 at 17:06

How to extract month from a Date variable?

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